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| T H¥ WE¥TH¥» TO-DAYs I ♦ For North Carolina: l Rain; Warmer. | . vol.. LIV NO 102. Lsads all North Carolina Dailies in Mews and Circulation A LIGHTNING RUSH TO INSTANT DEATH A Score of People Killed in the Crash of Two Trains Bursting in tne Shock of jf Collision. THIRTY-SEVEN HUR V Tbis Fearful Wreck on the Rock Island, California and Mexico Railway is Said to Have Been Cansed by the Recklessness of the Trainmen. (By the Associated Press.) Topeka, Kan., Jan. 6.—Twenty persons were killed and thirty-seven injured in a head-on collision between the Rock Is lend, California and Mexico Express and a freight train at Willard this morning. Most ox the injured are in hospitals in Topeka. The doctors announce that all will recover with the exception of Mrs M. A. Hill, of Greensburg, Kan. The dead: MRS. J. H. HILL, Greensburg. Kan. MRS. W. S. MARTIN, St. Joseph, Mo. MRS. MARY HARVAILLE, Chilli cothe, Mo. BEN HARVAILLE, son of Mrs. Har vaille, aged 13. TOT HARVAILLE. daughter of Mrs?. Harvallle, aged S. MRS. SUSAN REED, sister of Mrs. HarvaUle. JAMES GRIFFIN, Claremont, Mo. E. E. MYER, Buffalo, N. Y. RAYMOND A. MARTIN, Chlllicothe. Mo. W. S. MARTIN, St. Joseph. Mo. E. R. RANKINS, DeKalb, Mo. WILLIAM J. WELLS, Jacksonville, 111. MRS. MARY KAISER, Russian; ad dress unknown. GALE FULLER, aged 7, Broston, la. GRACE REED, Chillicothe, Mo. LEONORA REED, Chillicothe, Mo. UNIDENTIFIED BOY, aged 8 years. It is thought that carelessness of train men caused the wrcc. I- tructcd to* meet a social freight train f t Wdlard, the eu- j ginccr and conductor of the ill-fated as- | senger noting that a freight train stood on the side track at Willard, rushed through, thinking that the cars they had j seen were the on-m which they bad been | instructed to pa : "3. Upon seeing at Willard a freight tram j on the siding, Engineer Benjamin threw open the throttle, and under the iapetus of full steam the passenger train leaped into the darkness and crashed along at a rate which the passengers declare to have been fully sixty-five miles an hour. A formal inquest was heid at tne wit today by Coroner Dooley, of Wabunsee ecunty. The investigation will be con tinued tomorrow. Parsons' Story/ (Copyrighted 1904, by the Topeka State Journal.) Topeka, Kan., Jan, 6- —H. G. Parson*, a reporter of the Topeka State Journal, who was on the wrecked Rock Island train, arrived in Topeka at 8 o'clock this morning after driving overland from the scene of the collision. Parsons escaped with slight injuries while two persons on t lie seat in front of him were killed. Parsons tells the following story of the wreck: “It wan in the third car the passen ger train, the first coach having bccD preceded by a smoker and baggage car, that the greatest loss of life occurred. The smoker, which was occupied by only two or three men, was overturned and pushed through the car behind it, which "a.! crowded with passengers, some stand ing in the aisle. The first miming given ilie passengers in this ear was when the sudden setting of the airbrakes shut off the lights, leaving all in darkness.* A mo ment later a mass of splintered wood and iron was crowded down upon them. No one was thrown out of his seat by the blow'. Most of those in the forward end of the car were killed instantly. Thirty in the rear end of the coach, however, succeeded in escaping from that end of the ear, which was still unobstructed. NV one 'a the front half of the car escaped. They were crushed down between the : eats by (he smoker. When rescue was finally possible, onl ythree living persons were taken out by the rescuers, who were compelled to chop holes in the Bide and through the floor and top of the coach to reach them. “The three rescued from this portion were a man. a small girl and a middle aged woman, who were moaning and begging to be taken out. One fan, hurt internally, was removed through, the rear door within five minutes after the col lision. but died almost as soon as the rescuers could lay him down- A woman died two hours later while trying to tell a physician her name. A dozen men had The News and Observer. worked on the place where she seemed to be before she was extricated. ‘‘Bonnie Martin, a girl 11 years of age, was pinned down between the two cart., the heavy stove resting on one foot. Her, cries attracted the rescuera and mec. many of them bleeding from wounds about the face and arms, worked heroic ally to get her out. It took two hours of steady work to relieve her. When she was taken out she addressed a doc tor who was bending over her as ‘papa/ The physician did not have the heart to tell her that she was an orphan, her father and mother having been killed. Mr. Martin was killed instantly and Mrs. Martin died ten minutes after being taken out o fthe wreck. The child was suffer ing with a broken ankle, where the heavy stove fell on her, and severe scalp con tusions. She was put to sleep by a hypodermic injection to relieve the pain. “Some of the bodies found in the wreck age were so badly crushed as to be un recognizable. Through a hole chopped In one side of the car the body of a graw haired heavy set man and a woman with long yellow hair were visible. Fires were built along the track at short intervals and by the light of these the rescuers, In their eagerness to remove the victims, chopped openings in the wrecked coach until exhausted, then handed their axes to others. ‘‘The entire sides of the car had been chopped away when the work was com pleted. Occasionally the rescuers would desist upon an alarm being raised by watchers, who declared that the chopping away of the coach was letting the smoker down upon the victims. So terrific was the force of the collision that the smoker left the trucks in its backward rush, leaving the trucks still upon the track. Not a wheel in the entire passenger train seemed to be off the track. “The freight train, fared differently. The four cars immediately behind the engine were crushed into kindling. Dead and dying cattle littered the right of way, while many which had escaped from the cars uninjured ran about, adding to the confusion. “On the passenger train, in the sleeper was a young physician who walked with a crutch as the result of Eome spinal tremble. He was thrown down and slight ly injured, but was the first man to emerge from the sleeper and immediately began aiding the injured. He had a por tion of the chair car. and the bertha in the sleeper cleared, and to them the vic tims were carried. The physician was without instruments or medicine, and the only thing he could do was to bind up wounds with baudages which he made by tearing up sleeper sheets and pillow cases, and giving the patients whiskey to deaden the pain. “The young doctor found a fireman who was injured in the leg. An artery was broken and he took it up with a pen knife and tied it with a thread, proba bly preventing the fireman from bleeding to death. He performed innumerable acts of a like nature before the arrival of the Topeka physicians.” The hero mentioned by Mr. Prisons was Dr. Frank M. Bell, of New York. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEET. Only Routine Business by Those of the North Carolina Railroad. (Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. C., Jan. 6.—The Board of Directors on the part of the State and of the private stockholders of th- N’orth Carolina Railroad had their regu lar semi-annual meeting here today at 1- o’clock. Tho«e present were: Pres* dent Hugh Chatham, of Elkin; Secretary- Treasurer D. H. McLean, of Burlington; Attorney S. M. Gattis, of Hiilsboro, and Messrs. L. M. Michaux, of Goldsboro Banks Holt, of Graham; Dr. Vines Tur ner, of Raleigh; George E. Pell, of Win ston-Salem. and Col. W. If. Williams, of Newton, on the part of the State; Col. Benehan Cameron, of Raleigh: Geo. R. F Ilokc, of Raleigh; Col. James T. Morenea.'. of Greensboro, and Mr. W. L. Holt, of Burlington, on the part cf (he private stockholders. Thera was nothing lm> routine business transacted, except tin declaring of a seven per co®t dividend. There-was a case in bankruptcy involv ing $12,000 worth of property, argued be fore Judge Boyd yesterday and last night. Tln> case was a petition filed by creditors o: J. A. Townsend and Frank Townsend, of Hildebrand, asking that W. A. Westnli turn over (o the trustees in bankruptcy lumber and other property which it i alleged was transferred to him by'the bankrupts just before their adjudication to be bankrupts, and in violation of the bankrupt act. Judge Boyd heard argu ment, and certified the facts to the Fed eral court at Statesville in April, where the issues will be tried. The creditors were represented by James W. Pou, of Raleigh, and I. T. Avery, of Morganton, while Judge C. A. Moore, of Asheville, and A. A. Whitener. of Hickory, appeared for Wes tall. The argument was spirited and spieey. Stationmaster of the Southern Railway, C. E. White, has been quietly on the RALKIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSOAY MORNING. .TAN. 7, l»04 lockout for the negro who, on Saturday, for being made to get off the train be tween here and Rr.leigh, shot Conductor C. W. Fowler, twice, one ball taking ef fect in his shoulder. This morning he got him. Having located the negro, he secured the services of city oplicemen Barnes and Pugh, and went to “Dew Drop” Inn, a negro hotel at four o’clock this morning. Sup. Wells Resigns. (By tile Associated Press.! Columbia, S. C., Jan. 6.—S. I. Wells, su perintendent of the Savannah division of the Southern Railway, has resigned, effective January 31, or as soon before as he can be relieved. He has accepted the position of general manager of the Colum bia Electric Street Railway Company, which was reorganized today. Mr. Well has been superintendent of the Savannah division since September, 1895. Buncombe Milk Takes a Rise. (Special to News and Observer.) Asheville, N. C„ Jan. 6—All the dairy men of Buncombe county, who sell and deliver milk to customers in this section, met this afternoon and raised the price of milk to thirty cents per gallon. The dairy men contend that there was no money in milk at twenty and twenty-five cents per gallon, and that thirty cents only gives them a fair profit. The milkmen are all agreed on the price and it is not likely that there will be any cutting of prices. TIE FUGHTOF AN AERIAL WONDER How the “Flyer” Breasted the Gales. (By the Associated Press.) Dayton, 0., Jan. 6- —The Wright Broth ers, inventors of the flying machine which has attracted such widespread at tention have prepared the following which they say is the first correct statement of the two successful trials made by them: “On the morniug of December 17 be tween 10:30 and noon, Jour flights were made, two by Orville Wright and two by Wilbur Wright. The starts were all made from a point on the level and about 200 feet west of our camp, which is situated a quarter of a mile ninth of Killdevil sand hill, in Dare county, North Caro lina. The wind at the time of the flights had a velocity of 27 miles an hour at 10 o’clock and 24 miles an hour at noon as recorded by the anemoter of the Kitty Hawk weather bureau station. This ane moter is 30 feet from the ground. Our own measurements made with a hand anemometer at a height of four feet from the ground, showed a velocity of about 22 miles when the first flight was made and 22\-> when the last flight was made. The flight was made directly against the wind.. Each time the machine started from the level ground by its own power with no assistance from gravity or other sources whatever. After a run of about forty feet along a mono-rail track which held the machine eight inches from the ground, it rose from the track and under the di rection of the operator climbed upward on an inclined course until a height of eight or ten feet from the ground was reached after which the course was kept as near horizontal as the wind gusts and the limited skill of the operator would permit. “Into the teeth of a December gale the ‘Flyer’ made its way forward with a speed of ten miles an hour over the ground and of thirty to thirty-five miles an hour through the air. It had previously been decided that for reasons of personal ;-afe ty these first trials should be made as close to the ground as possible. The height chosen was scarcely sufficient for maneuvering in so gu>ty a wind and with no previous acqpaintance with the con duct of the machine and its controlling mechanisms. Consequently the first (light was short. The succeeding flights rapidly increased in length and at the fourth trial a flight of 59 seconds was made in which the machine flew a little more than half a mile through the air and a distance of more than 552 feet over the ground. The landing was due to a slight error of judg ment on the part of the operator. After passing over a little hummock of sard in attempting to bring the machine down to i the desired height the operator turned; the rudder too far and the machine turn ! ed downward more quickly than had been expected. The reverse movement of the rudder was a fraction of a second too late to prevent the machine from touching the ground and thus ending the flight. The whole occurrence occupied little if any more than one second of time. “Only those who tire acquainted with practical aeronautics can appreciate the difficulties in attempting the first trials of a flying machine in a 25 mile gale. As writer was already set in, we should have postponed our trials to a more favorable’ season, but for the fact, that we were de termined before returning home to know whether the machine possessed sufficient power to fly, sufficient strength to with stand the shock of landings and sufficient capacity of control to make flight safe in boisterous winds as well as in calm air 1 When the points had been definitely es tablished we at once packed our good-, and returned home, knowing that the am oT the flying machine had come at last “From the beginning we have employed entirely new principles of control an <l as all the experiments have been conducted at »ur own expense without assistance from any individual, or institution yve <j o not feel ready at present to give out any pictures or detailed description of the machine/' m SPARE KING BEE OF ROTTONHIVE? Why Isn’t Heath Hit? Demands Clay. A WARM DISCUSSION Lodge Would Refer Carmack's Resolu tion to Investigate the Postoffice Scandal to the Postoffice De-. partment. Hot Debate Follows. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 6. —Alleged irregulari ties iL the Post Office Deartment con stituted the only theme in the Senate to day. The question came up on a motion first made by Mr. Lodge and afterwards by Mr. Penrose ti refer the Carmack resolution looking t& a Senatorial investi gation of the Department to the Com mittee on Post Offices and Post Roads. The Democratic Senators resisted the motion and contended that the country would not be satisfied Avith an investiga tion ot a Department made by the De partment itself. The debate continued for almost two and a half hours and was ex tremely spirited from start to finish. Mr. Carmack resisted Mr. Lodge’s mo tion, declaring that if departmental ir regularities were to be investigated only by the departments themselves it would not be long until they would be “a stench iu the nostrils of the people.” The only safeguard was in Congressional investiga tion. Mr. Clay expressed surprise that there should be opposition, to. the resolution and called attention to the declarators by Fourth Assstant X Postmaster General Bristow and Couiwbllors Bonaparte and Conrad that the should be carried further. declared that the Bristow report “demonstrates the absolute guilt of the late First Assistant General, Mr. Heath. He (Bristow) gays himself that this leading high official was guilty and the proof is overwhelming. If this is true, Mr. Heath should have been in dicted. “I will do Mr. Bristow the credit to say that his report shows that the frauds of the Post Office Department originated in Mr. Heath’s office. If so he must have had cognizance of them. Then why should the subordinates in that office be indicted and the principal be allowed to escape?” Mr. Clay quoted extracts from the Bris tow report to substantiate his •'i-gument. referring especially to the purchase of cash registers in which connection Mr. Bristow said that the element of fraud could not be eliminated. “If.” he .said, “this report speaks the truth Perry Heath originated all the frauds of his office.” “If,” he continued, “the report is not correct the fact should be known and Mr. Heath vindicated. If the charges are well founded Mr. Heath should be indicted and punished.” As for himself he did not want to do any injustice to Mr. Heath oi others, and for this reason he desired the investigation. Reference also was made to the nego tiations with D. S. Richardson concern ing the Montague affair. Mr. Clay said there were many suspicious features point ing to Mr. Heath. Mr. Clay declared Ins conviction from a thorough leading of the Bristow report | that Mr. Bristow had been satisfied beyond a doubt that the guiltiest party of all was j the retired first assistant postmaster gen (oral, yet he has never been indicted or j arre-ted. “In the interest of fair play, in the interest of justice: In the interest of good government and clean administra tion,” he said, “there should be an in quiry, and 1 am surprised that my friends the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Lodge) should object./' Mr. Clay also declared that the Prc.-l ■dent had reflected seriously upon Mr. j Heath and had desired the retirement !of Mr. Heath from the secretaryship of j the Republican National Committee. Mr. Clay was careful to say that he in tended no reflection upon Mr. Wynne, the present first assistant Postmaster Gen eral. On the contrary he took pains t«. speak in lugh terms of Mr. Wynne, sav ing that he had given material assist once to the department inquiry. Mr. Carmack made a general plea for Senatorial inquiry and the reason give i by him was that the newspaper report to the effect that the Postmaster Gen eral had not been in sympathy with the Postoffice Department inquiry when un dertaken and that he had pronounced the Tulloch charges to be “hot air." This statement aroused Mr. Spooner, who said that the charge did great iu justice to the Postmaster General. So far as the Bristow inquiry was concern.-;i Mr. Payne had been in thorough sympa thy with ij, and had placed the entire 'machinery of the department at ‘he command of the official who had r-c. e this most remorseless inquiry. Mr. Carmack repeated the report that Mr. Payne had referred to the Tulloch charges as “hot air” and Mr. Spooner re plied that. Mr. Payne had rema ned ai. his desk in this city day after day all last summer while the inquiry was m progress, notwithstanding he was m vo.-y poor health, devoting every energy to H*- (Contiued on Page RESENT SLANDER Os MINISTERS Hertford M. E. Church Defends the Clergy. WANTS BASSETTTOGO A Resolution is Adopted Endorsing the Action of the Minority Trus tees of Trinity College Who Voted for Professor Bas sett's Resignation. (Special to News and Observer.) Hertford, N. C., Jan. 7. —The Quarterly Conference of Hertford Methodist church was held here yesterday, Rev. J. E. TJu i derwood, presiding elder, presiding. Very ; strong resolutions were passed endorsing : the action of the minority of the trustees . of Trinity College in demanding the resig nation of Prof. Bassett. Resolutions were also adopted censuring the Boston Trans cript article. Presiding Elder Underwood, who recent ly wrote an article for a daily newspaper criticising the News and Observer, was in the chair. He tried very hard to sup- T rtss action and refused for a time to allow the resolution to be offered. An overwhelming majority demanded his le I ccgnition. i ~~ So far as known, Mr. Underwood is the only presiding elder who has sought to aid in the attempt to ‘ destroy’’ Hlu* News and Observer. He hastily stopped his own subscription and is understood to have advised other preachers to do like wise. He also wrote a long article, puo lished in the organ of the Cigarette Trust end Southern Railway—formerly called the Raleigh Tribune and now called the Morning Post—attacking the News an i Observer. It was intemperate, un-chiis t;an, unfair and some oi its statements and inference were unwarranted. Evident.y Mr. Underwood had been iistening to a Munchausen and believing h.m, for h<- would not have given circulation to misleading suggestions unless he had been imposed upon. It is in his district that liis policy is first repudiated—a heauhy sign. The Methodist church at Hertford is one of the strongest and wealthiest in North eastern North Carolina, composed of edu cated, thoughtful, patriotic men and wo men. They have recently built a very handsome church. The pastor of that church is Rev. M. H. Tuttle, one of the ablest and most successful ol the young men of his church. In this connection it may be well to reproduce the following extract Irons the Utter written from Durham, lauding Bas sett, the Dukes, and the majority of the trustees. Here are the most insulting ex pressions, though the warp and woof of the article from the ‘inside” is insulting ar.d contemptuous: “There is another element in Southern iile that these men knew admirably how to use—the country clergy. THE METH ODIST PREACHERS ARE THE PRE SERVERS OF EVERY OLD IDEA TIMID TO THE POINT OF COWARDICE, THEY CAN BE DRIVEN TO ANV CRUEL ACTION if they are made to th nk that the pillars of society are about to be pulled down. There are a number of these men on the Board of Trustees. When “white supremacy” was cried ar.d when it was predicted that men would take their sons from college if Dr. Bas sett was retained. THE PREACHERS WERE SIMPLY SCARED INTO SUB MISSION. ‘The seven men in the boar d who voted to accept his resignation were the political bess, Simmons, and five preachers and one layman. ‘ The eighteen who voted for FAIR TLAY and academic freedom were in the main laymen—prosperous laymen, who are succeeding as business men and pro fessional men. *** * a 1 lie Other fact ol lar-rcaching comic quenee is the clear light that the incident threw on the character of the clergy. They are “good” men. BUT THEY STAND AND HAVE LONG STOOD IN THE WAY OF ALL PROGRESS IN THOUGHT IN THE SOUTH. THEY HAVE BEEN USED BY THE POLITI CIANS AND THEY USE THE CHURCH ES TO STIFLE REAL FREEDOM. To * a y this in tlie South is to call down on one’s head the curse of the church. But tlas Bassett case has caused many a man, who never thought of it before, to see how largo a part of the SOUTH IS REAL LY CHURCH-RIDDEN. There is a part of the story that has cot been publicly told here. If the board had oied to accept Dr. Bassett's resignation, a large part of the members would have i'.signed instantly. Every member of the faculty would have resigned. A large body of the students would have gone a*ay. AH (hose facts h.iv» gradually c.r me out during the week since The meeting. The reactionary politicians and preachers would have had a college with a half a board, without students: and THEY WOULD HAVE LOST THE BENE FACTORS OF THE COLLEGE. What would have happened then is now a sub i jeet of JOCULAR SPECULATION. , Why should any belf-rcspcctiug Metli-I odist hesitate to vote to condemn this slander upon the ministry and to approve the retirement of Bassett? J. L. CASPER BANKRUPT. Did an Immense Business. His Failure Creates Great Surprise. (Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. C., Jan. 6.—A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed here by John L. Casper, an extensive dealer in tobacco and whiskey, of Winston-Salem, J. E. Alexander was named as referee. Casper did an immense wholesale and express business, and is reported to have cleared $20,000 last year. His bankruptcy is a great surprise. His attorney says the voluntary bank ruptcy of John L. Casper does not affect the business of whiskey and tobacco dealings of the Casper Cmpany, which is incorporated. Instructed to Vote for ? the Canal. (By the Associated Press.) Jackson, Miss., Jan. 6—The State Sen ate today by a vote of 31 to 1 instructed the Mississippi Senators to vote for the Panama Canal treaty. The Governor’s message which was read today depre cates the lynching of negroes and pleads for an observance of the law. REFUSETOMOVE RUSSIAN GUARDS Landed to Defend the Legation at Seoul, (By the Associated Press l Seoul, Jan. 6.—A Russian legation guard ol thirty has been landed at Chemulpo, but the Japanese railway has refused to transport it to Seoul. It is reported that preparations have been mde for the Em peror of Corea to find an asylum at the French legation in the event of serious trouble. It is expected that France aud Germany will send marines here to guard their legations. Tokio, Jan. ti. —It is believed here that the Russian response has been handed to the government, but the secrecy of its delivery has been jealously guarded and the nature of reply remains undis closed. Minister of Foreign Affairs Komura called this afternoon upon Baron De Rcseu, the Russian Minister to Japan with whom he remained an hour and later he visited Premier Katasura when an extended conference was held. There is every indication now* that furthoi negotiations will take place, although it is expected that Japan will vefuse to transfer the discussion of affairs to St Petersburg if this is proposed. London, Jan. 6.—A dispatch to Reuter* Telegram Company from Tokio rays: “All the Russian warships recently at Vladivostock, are reported to have sailed, 'probably fer Port Arthur. “Russia’s reply has not yet been re ceived by Japan. There is a strong, widespread tendency to doubt the reports of the alleged conciliatory character o' - the reply.” London, Jan. 6.—The party of marine engineers from the Clyde district engaged by the Japanese government to proceed immediately to Japan presumably for ser vice on board transports sailed for Japafi yesterday. Another draft of Scotch en gineers left Govan quietly for Japan a week ago. A detachment of one hundred and twen ty British naval pensioners and naval reserve men. and ten British officers started for Genoa, Italy, today to assist in the navigation to the Far East of the Japanese warships Kasagd and Niasin The railroad station ws crowded with sightseers, who mnifosted great enthu siasm. There were repeated cheers for the “Gallant little Japs.” Norfolk, Va., Jan. 6. —The British steamship Knight Errant, Captain Ken dall. passed out the Virginia Capes this evening. laden with 11,500 tons of steam coal, shipped to an importing firm in Yokohama, Japan, it is said, for the use of the Japanese navy. A great deal of interest is being mani fested in shipping circles regarding the safe passage of vessels in view of the uncertainty in the Eastern situation, and it is understood here an unusually high risk was charged. Captain Kendall expects to reach Yoko hama inside of fifty days, and said before sailing, precautions hud been taken which would render it impossible for the voyage to be interrupted. To Remove to Petersburg. (Special to News and Observer.) Wilson, N. C., Jan. 6.—lt Is currently reported in Richmond that the P. H. Mayo branch of the American Tobacco Company will shortly be moved from this city to Petersburg, and will be consoli dated with one of the company’!; factories in that city. The reaspn for this change is said to be a desire to curtail expenses as the plant will be conducted by the manager of the Petersburg factory, and such a move would dispense with the services of E. C. Mayo, the local manager, who is reported to be one of the highest paid officials in the employ of the corporation. The P. H. Mayo factory employs about 200 hands and baa on deposit with the government $20,000 in bonds for its busi ness and is listed with the government as having nine machines in use. V t THI WEATHER TO-F»«V$ ♦ F«r Raleigh; | Fair; Warmer. ♦ A. A. A W sir »<7 ® V W w PKIC* FIV h CKMH. SMALL HOPE FOR PARK BILL NOW That it Rllay Become a Law This Session. THE POSTAL SCANDAL Senator Simmons Speaks on this Sub ject To-day. A Case Brought Up by the Kinston Dispensary Manager Decided by Yerkes. (Special to News and Observer.) Washington, D. C., Jan. 6.—The Appala chian Forest Reserve Bill came up in the Senate today, but in the absence of its author, Senator Burton, of Kansas, who was to speak on it, the bill was laid over till tomorrow. Senator Overman will also probably make some remarks in advocacy of the bill. But that it will prove a law at thi9 session, there is not the slightest hope. In fact it is doubtful if it will come any where as near it as it did last tension. Then it passed the Senate, but it did so because Pritchard had an idea it would help him in North Carolina. This time there is no such consideration to influence Senators and as the appropriation it carries is one larger than a Republican Congress cares to make to any one ob ject at this time, it is likely that the bill will not pass either House or Senate at this session. Senator Simmons expects to speak at a date, possibly tomorrow, on the postal scandals and the investigation of them tlmt is now being demanded by the Dem ocrats in Congress. Asked yesterday if he would speak on the Panama question, he replied that he would not, that since the Democrats were themselves in a snarl over the question he thought the least said the better since it would be impossible to please both sides. Senator Simmons’ vote is being counted as in favor of tho treaty- The bill introduced in the House yester day by Representative Gudger for en larging the public building in Asheville, carries an appropriation of sixty thousand dollars. Though the attorneys in the South Da kota bond case have been in daily attend ance on the United States Supreme court, the case has not Vet been called and will net be till near the end of the week, and possibly it may not be reached before next Monday. There are still two cases ahead of it, and one of them may con sume much time. District Attorney Harry Skinner has been here this week looking after some matters relating to his official duties* The manager of the dispensary at Kin ston lias written for a ruling for the Reve nue Department as to whether he can bottle whiskey from a barrel. It seems that tlie local revenue officers held Uiat lie could not, but Commissioner Yerkes decided that he can do so. Attorney Clement Manly was here to day on his way to Baltimore on legal business. It was said at the government Depart ment of Agriculture this morning that in view of the ginning figures given out yes terday by the Census Bureau, the depart ment’s estimate of the cotton crop for the past year was probably a little too high, but no guess would bo hazarded upon the number of commercial bales, which had been ginned up by December 13th, was 8,848,747, and this is believed bv tho experts of the Department of Agriculture to be a far grcatei proportio nos the crop ginned at that time than is usually the case, because the high price have caused the farmers to rush the cotton •*-, market gins earlier than they have done for years. The estimate of the number of commercial bales made by the Depart ment of Agriculture, 5t,962,030 of 490.7 pounds each, but that is now thought somewhat too high in regard to number. • • • Mr. John Temple Graves, editor of the Atlanta News, who is here, is a strong Hearst man. Asked about the Hearst sentiment in tho South, Mr. Graves said: “My opinion ; s that the Georgia dele gation to the Democratic convention will support Mr. Hearst, and it would not be surprising if the Florida delegated did likewise. There i 3 a growing sentiment In liis favor all over the South. At first his candidacy was a subject of ridicule to many, but it has long since paused that si age and long before tho date of the convention I expect to see him the lead ing candidate.” * * * When Representative Claude Kitchin, «u North Carolina, returned to the city and opened his mail, he found among other things an invitation to the President’s reception to the diplomatic corpr, next Thursday night. Inside was the usual door card inclosed in an envelope, on which was printed “Not Transferable ” Beneath the printed words had b<>en writ ten, “Except to Booker Washington.” Somebody had tampered with Mr. Kitch in’s invitation. * * * Spcaing about the President’* message on Panama, Senator Gorman says it is “unsatisfactory,” and adds: “I am not opposed to the Panama Ca nal. I want a canal dug. just as 1 tn lieve a great majority ol the American people arc anxious for an interoceana: canal. If the Panama Canal can be dug with honor, let the Panama route be uo panan«oo)
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